[LMB] (chat) Bees! or, Life Imitates Art. Again.

[Tracy MacShane]

So, what *are* ground bees? I presume they're not honey bees that a
local beekeeper could harvest? Because that would be the best option, if
they are.

If they're like wasps, ie. pests, the best thing is to wait for
nighttime like everyone else suggests to rescue your bucket. To kill
them, find their nest (again at night), pour petrol down it (a cup or so
is normally more that sufficient) and block any vents that you see. The
fumes kill the wasps/hornets/bees, and permeate through the hive much
more effectively than any spray. Obviously, don't light any fires in the
vicinity for a while!!


On Sat, 2006-07-29 at 00:07 -0400, anmar mirza wrote:
> Night is a good time.  Get some wasp and hornet spray and spray the
> area where they come out of the ground and within a day the
> nest will be dead.  I run into this problem at least once a year
> here out at the Ranch.
> 
> On 7/28/06, Lois McMaster Bujold <lbujold at myinfmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Or, "When I said I liked backyard wildlife, this was not what I had in
> > mind."
> >
> >    So, I was out watering select baby trees in my backyard a while ago
> > due to the 98 degree heat today, when I stirred up something previously
> > unnoticed -- a nest of ground bees just downslope from my little blue
> > spruce.